I'm like a head trip to listen to, 'cause I'm only givin' you things you joke about with your friends inside your living room.

译文：用钱财交朋友，钱财用完了交情就会断绝；贪美色面结合，到年老色衰时爱情就会消失。

Innovation is the soul of an enterprise; without innovation, there is no future.

Love is an irrational decision.

拿古代的情况作标准来看今天的事情，这是对今天不正确的看法；拿今天的情况要求古人，这是不正确的历史观。此言时代不同，社会情况就会不同，因此考察古今，论定古今人物或事件，都不能持相同的标准，而必须结合不同情势具体对待。

The novel is not the author's confession; it is an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become.

Farmers are the original environmentalists; their daily decisions shape our landscapes more than any policy ever could.